Media Questions Of The Week
Welcome to the RIAA Diamond Club @MsLaurynHill! #TheMiseducationofLaurynHill is now a ? (10X) certified album! @ColumbiaRecords #BlackHistoryMonth #RIAATopCertified pic.twitter.com/mWWByv74kp
— RIAA (@RIAA) February 17, 2021
Is this the first time Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill went diamond in the United States making her the first woman hip-hop artist to attain the achievement? Â
the current state of Twitch: the official Twitch Gaming channel cut off the live Metallica concert to play 8bit folk music to avoid DMCA pic.twitter.com/sCn56So8Ee
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) February 19, 2021
Did Metallica see how ironic it was when their Twitch concert was muted out of the fear of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) when they were one of the bands they fought so hard against the existence of the file-sharing service Napster which helped to create the DMCA?Â
Wyclef Jean Is The Host Of #RunThatBack
Wyclef Jean has a new pop culture show called #RunThatBack currently being streamed on YouTube. The first four episodes are available and there are guest appearances from a variety of artists and industry legends. Lena Waithe listens to an unreleased Whitney Houston song and Clive Davis comes on the show to talk about his upcoming biopic about the late singer. Kirk Franklin listens and shares his reactions to Jean’s remix of his song “Love Theory.” Rapsody and A$AP Ferg are the next scheduled artists to appear on the program. The show will debut a new episode every Thursday until the end of October and Jean calls it sharing conversations with his friends because he’s not that good at interviews.Â
Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Has Interactive Cover
Lauryn Hill is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her seminal Miseducation album and Sony Music’s Certified Classics has created an interactive option for fans. A website has been designated for fans who want to make a cover of the album with their face on it. Hill is on tour for the rest of the year and tickets are still available.Â